(via PBS Space Time) Our universe seems pretty complicated. We have a weird zoo of elementary particles, which interact through very different fundamental forces. But some extremely subtle clues in ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of the universe such as dark energy and dark matter. These are pieces of our cosmos ...

Results announced by the LHCb experiment at CERN have revealed further hints for phenomena that cannot be explained by our current theory of fundamental physics. In March 2020, the same experiment ...

In recent years, a group of Hungarian researchers have made headlines with a bold claim. They say they’ve discovered a new particle — dubbed X17 — that requires the existence of a fifth force of ...

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A test to measure a leading candidate for dark energy, a fifth fundamental force called the chameleon force, has found no evidence that it is real. The researchers behind the test say this rules out ...

We explore how forces of nature, once unified, were forced to separate. Our universe seems..complicated. We have a weird zoo of elementary particles, which interact through very different fundamental ...